Didn't this happen before, about a year ago?

Wildlife officials in Florida say an Ocala neighborhood should be on alert for a cobra that escaped from a home late last night.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, it was around 9 p.m. Monday when Brian Purdy contacted FWC to warn them that his suphan cobra had escaped from its enclosure. An immediate search by an FWC investigator and even local police and fire officials failed to find the snake, so neighbors were alerted.

The search continues this morning, focusing on the 900 block of NE Ninth Street in Ocala.

“Residents in the area are urged to use caution until this snake has been captured,” an FWC release warned. “Although reclusive by nature, cobras are highly venomous and will strike out if they feel threatened.

FWC says the cobra is about 2 feet in length, with “distinctive multicolor markings.”

If anyone sees the snake, they should remain at a safe distance and immediately call the FWC’s Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-3922 or *FWC or #FWC on cell phones.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017...r-escaped-cobra.html

How much fun would Florida have if they developed a breeding population of those?

Temperatures here are dropping into the 30s for the next 2 nights, and into the 20s on Thursday. If this critter is outside, he may not survive.

I have to wonder why the FFWCC allows people to keep these things.

What happens if some one is bitten and dies? Who will get sued, the owner or the FFWCC or both?

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Just a question. They have laws against civilians owning all sorts of weapons that are perceived to be high risk.
Where does owning a non-native, extremely dangerous snake fall on the scale of good ideas?

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Originally posted by BBMW:
How much fun would Florida have if they developed a breeding population of those?

Don't even go there. Between the Lionfish and the Pythons and snakeheads it's getting to be pretty bad.

My question is, why on earth are normal people allowed to own non native, highly poisonous snakes and other strange wildlife. Now I can understand zoo's and stuff, but normal people????

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Originally posted by olfuzzy:

...If anyone sees the snake, they should remain at a safe distance...

I'll just wait here in northern Illinois until they catch the little fucker.

A Taurus Judge for EDC doesn't seem so silly now.

Lost: cobra. Answers to the name "biteurass".

RMD

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:

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Originally posted by BBMW:
How much fun would Florida have if they developed a breeding population of those?

My question is, why on earth are normal people allowed to own non native, highly poisonous snakes and other strange wildlife. Now I can understand zoo's and stuff, but normal people????

Heck, I was thinking I'd rather have cobras move to Florida than most of the people that do, forum members excluded, of course. And then we can talk about the relative merits of breeding cobras versus breeding Florida rednecks.

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Originally posted by newtoSig765:

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Originally posted by olfuzzy:

...If anyone sees the snake, they should remain at a safe distance...

I'll just wait here in northern Illinois until they catch the little fucker.

Ain't that the truth. I'd rather deal with these two legged serpent vs. a non legged serpent any day.

2015: Cobra got loose in Austin after it killed its owner.....an 18 year old kid.

https://austin.com/theres-a-ki...-and-were-terrified/

There are just some things folks shouldn't be able to own....

Marlin Perkins: "While Jim hunts the ferocious cobra, I'll get a better vantage point from inside the Waffle House."

Hmmmm...sounds like some drones air-dropping mongooses is in order...mongooses with Go-Pros

Mongeeses?

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Originally posted by chongosuerte:
Mongeeses?

Mongi?!?

A 2 foot long snake could be really hard to find.

someone is going to get a surprise

and the owner should be billed for the costs in the search

Isn't that what they said about the Pythons?

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Originally posted by Wayniac:
Temperatures here are dropping into the 30s for the next 2 nights, and into the 20s on Thursday. If this critter is outside, he may not survive.